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A84505	At the Council-chamber in Whitehall, Monday the 22th. of October, 1688 This day an extraordinary council met, where were likewise present, by His Majesties desire and appointment, Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and such of the peers of this kingdom, both spiritual and temporal, as were in town. And also the Lord Mayor and aldermen of the City of London, the judges, and several of Their Majesties Council learn'd, hereafter named.; Proceedings. 1688-10-22	England and Wales. Privy Council.; England and Wales. Privy Council. Proceedings. 1688-11-01.	1688 (1688)	Wing E821B; ESTC R229808	19,601	4

England Deposeth THat he being sent for to St. James's on the Tenth of June last by a Messenger that left word the Queen was in Labour soon after he this Deponent came to St. James's and was sent for into the Queens Bed-Chamber and to the best of his the Deponents apprehension the Queen was in Labour and had a Pain or two to the best of the Deponents remembrance before the rest of the Lords were called in The Deponent stood all the time at the Queens Bedside and heard her cry out several times as Women in Travail use to do and at length after a long Pain it was by some of the Women on the other side of the Bed said the Child was born The Deponent heard the Queen say She did not hear it cry The Deponent immediately asked the Lord President what it was he whispered that it was a Boy which the Deponent understood he had hinted to him by the Lady Sunderland Immediately the Deponent saw a Gentlewoman who he hath since heard her Name to be Mrs. Labadie carry the Child into another Room whither the Deponent followed and saw the Child when she first opened it and saw it was black and reaking so that it plainly seemed to this Deponent to have been newly come from the Womb. The Deponent doth therefore Depose he doth stedfastly believe the Queen was Delivered of that Child that very Morning ●effreys C. Robert Earl of Sunderland Lord President of His Majesties Privy Council and Principal Secretary of State Deposeth THat on Sunday Morning the Tenth of June last he was sent to to come to St. James's the Queen being in Labour The Deponent immediately went and found many Lords of the Council there After having been some time in an outward Room first the Lord Chancellor and then the rest of the Council were called into the Queens Bed-Chamber where in a short time her Majesty was brought to Bed. The Deponent saw Mrs. Labadie carry the Child into the next Room whither the Deponent followed with many more and saw it was a Son and had the Marks of being new born Sunderland P. Henry Lord Arundell of Wardour Lord Privy Seal Deposeth THat on the Tenth of June last being Sunday he had notice given him that the Queen was in Labour whereupon the Deponent repaired to St. James's betwixt Nine and Ten of the Clock in the Morning where he found several Lords of the Council In a little time after they were all called into the Queens Bed-Chamber in less than a Quarter of an hour after she fell into the sharpness of her Labour her Cries were so vehement and especially the last that the Deponent could not forbid himself the being concerned for her great Pain which the the Deponent expressing to the Lord Chancellor he told the Deponent it was a sign her Majesty would the sooner be Delivered or words to that purpose which proved very true for presently after she was so The Deponent heard a whispering up and down that it was a Prince for no man was permitted to speak it aloud lest the sudden knowledge of it might have discomposed the Queen The Deponent did not go in with some Lords when the Child was carried into the next Room which was the occasion the Deponent did not see him when he was uncovered and Drest Arundell C. P. S. John Earl of Mulgrave Lord Chamberlain of His Majesties Houshold saith it is not to be expected one of his Sex should be able to give full Evidence in such a matter but Deposeth THat he was just at the Beds Feet and heard the Queen Cry very much then the Deponent followed the Child into the other Room and it seemed a little black the Deponent also saw it was a Boy Mulgrave William Earl of Craven Deposeth THat he attending the King at St. James's the Tenth of June last in the morning to receive the Word of His Majesty the King had Notice brought him that the Queen was upon the point of falling into Labour upon which the King commanded this Deponents Stay and Attendance and after the space of one hour and something more this Deponent was with some other Lords of His Majesties Privy Council called into the Queens Great Bed chamber to be present at Her Delivery and as near as this Deponent can remember the Queen made Three Groans or Squeeks and at the last of Three was delivered of a Child the which was carried out into the little Bed-Chamber and there by the Fire this Deponent saw it cleansing and this Deponent further saith That he took that particular Mark of this Child that he may safely aver that the Prince of Wales is that very Child that then was so brought out of the Queens Great Bed-chamber where this Deponent and others were present as aforesaid at Her Majesties Labour and Delivery Craven Lewis Earl of Feversham Lord Chamberlain to Her Majesty the Queen Dowager Deposeth THat being in Bed upon the Tenth of June between eight and nine a Clock in the Morning Mr. Nicholas one of His Majesties Grooms of his Bed-chamber came into this Deponents Room and told him that the King had sent him to tell the ●ueen Dowager that the Queen was in Labour and told him further that the Queen Dowager had given order for Her Coach as soon as she heard the News of the Queens Labour The Deponent dressed himself with all speed and came to wait upon the Queen Dowager who was ready to go into her Coach as she did The Deponent went into one of her Coaches to wait upon Her Majesty as he used to do having the honour to be Her Lord Chamberlain We went to St. James's and then led Her Majesty into the Queens Bed-chamber and finding the Queen in pain the Deponent went into the next Room where were several Lords of the Privy Council from whence the Deponent heard the Queen cry out several times and a very little after the Lords of the Council were called in and the Deponent followed them into the Bed-chamber and a very little after the Queen cryed louder and then said Pray do not tell me what it is yet The Deponent went out of the Room to tell the News that the Queen was brought to Bed and when the Deponent came in again the News was that it was a Prince and immediately the Deponent saw Mrs. Labadie with the Child wrapt up in her hands and in the Croud upon which the Deponent desired to make room for the Prince and followed her into the little Bed chamber where the Deponent saw the Prince as a Child newly born as he believed it Feversham Alexander Earl of Morray Deposeth THat he came not to St. James's till half an hour after the Queen was brought to Bed and only heard that Her Majesty was brought to Bed of a Prince which the Deponent verily Believes as he is alive she brought into the World that very morning being the Tenth of June last 1688. Morray Charles Earl of Middleton

one of His Majesties principal Secretaries of State Deposeth THat the Tenth of June last past betwixt eight and nine of the Clock in the Morning he had notice that the Queens Majesty was in Labour whereupon the Deponent made what haste he could to St. James's The Deponent found the Earl of Craven waiting at the Queens Bed-Chamber door towards the Drawing Room which was then shut just after the King opened it and called the Earl of Craven and the Deponent in The Deponent asked His Majesty How the Queen was He was pleased to answer the Deponent You are a married Man and so may know these Matters The Water is broke or come away or to that effect and then Bid the Deponent go into the Dressing Room within the Bed-chamber where the Deponent found several Persons of Quality above half an hour after to the best of this Deponents Memory all the company in that Room were called into the Bed-chamber the Deponent stood near the Beds Feet on the left side where he heard the Queens Groans and presently after several loud Shrieks the last the Deponent remembers continued so long that he then wondred how any body could hold their Breath so long presently after the Deponent heard them say the Queen was delivered Whereupon the Deponent stepped up to the Bed-side and saw a Woman he supposes the Midwife kneeling at the other side of the Bed who had her Hands and Arms within the Bed-clothes for a pretty while then the Deponent saw her spread a Cloth upon her Lap and laid the end of it over the Bed-clothes and then fetch a Child as the Deponent firmly believes for he could not then see it out of the Bed into that Cloth and give it to Mrs Labadie who brought it round to the side where the Deponent stood and carried it into a little Room into which the Deponent immediately followed the King and saw her sit down by the Fire and heard her say It is a Boy upon which the King said let me see it thereupon she laid open the Cloth and shewed all the Child saying There 's what you wish to see The Deponent doth not charge his Memory with the very Words but the sense of what he heard The Deponent looked upon the Child at the same time which appeared to be very foul This Deponent desireth pardon if he doth not know the proper Expression but hopes his meaning is plain Middleton John Earl of Melfort Deposeth THat on Sunday the Tenth of June last betwixt eight and nine in the Morning the Deponent was informed that the Queen was in Labour The Deponent went to St. James's and waited in the Queens Drawing Room till some of the Gentlemen told him he might go in the Deponent scratched at the Door of the Bed-chamber and finding no answer he ran down by the Garden-side and came to the Queens Back-stairs and finding the Dressing-Room door open the Deponent went into the Queens Bed-chamber where he saw a great number of company Lords and Ladies standing about the Bed The Deponent heard the Queen cry out in great pain as Women use to do when they are near being brought to Bed the Deponent heard her complain and a Womans Voice which the Deponent thought to be the Midwife telling Her she would be quickly well she would be brought to Bed immediately within a little the Deponent heard the Ladies behind the Bed say the Queen was brought to Bed and the Queen cry out The Child is dead I do not hear it cry and immediately the Child cryed within a little the Deponent saw a Woman bring a Child from within the Bed the Deponent looked so earnestly at the Child that he knew not what Woman it was the Child was in the Condition of a new born Child lapt up in loose Clothes the Deponent saw him carried into the little Bed-chamber and went about by the Dressing Room and entred by the other door into the Room where the Prince was and saw him in the condition of a New Born Child and the Deponent by the Oath he hath taken believes him to be the Queens Child Melfort Sidney Lord Godolphin Lord Chamberlain to the Queen Deposeth THat he was called into the Queens Bed-chamber with the rest of the Lords of the Council being one of the last and the Queen Dowager being there and several Ladies the Room was so full that the Deponent could not get near the Bed but stood by the Chimney There the Deponent heard the Queen cry out several times as Women use to do that are in Labour and the last cry that the Deponent heard was much greater than the other immediately upon that the Deponent was called out of the Room to give some Directions about the Lodgings that were preparing for the Child which were not ready the Deponent made haste back again but as he was coming he met People running with the News that the Queen was deliver'd of a Son whereupon the Deponent went into the little Bed-chamber and saw the Child Godolphin Sir Stephen Fox Kt. Deposeth THat on Sunday the Tenth of June last past about nine of the Clock as he came out of the Chappel at Whitehall after the first Sermon hearing that the Queen was in Labour he the Deponent made haste to St. James's because in waiting as an Officer of the Green-Cloth to warn the several Servants below stairs to be in their Offices that upon that occasion there might not happen to be any thing wanting of Houshold Provisions and Necessaries under his this Deponents command but first going up by the Back-stairs into Her Majesties Dressing-Room and being there with many others he heard Her Majesty cry out very loudly whereupon this Deponent hastned to the Green-Cloth and ordered the several Servants to deliver out of their several Offices whatsoever should be called for and as this Deponent was returning back to the Queens said Dressing-Room he was told A Prince was Born Upon which News He this Deponent went into the Queens little Bed-chamber and saw the young Child before He was dress'd Ste. Fox Lieut. Col. Edward Griffin Deposeth THat upon Sunday the Tenth of June last he had the Honour to be in waiting upon the King with the Stick and between eight and nine in the Morning this Deponent was in the Queens Dressing-Room at St. James's with several Lords of the Council and after some time we were there the King came out of the Queens Bed-chamber and called all the Lords in and this Deponent went in along with them being in Waiting Immediately after the said Lords and this Deponent were in the Room the Queen cried out extreamly and said Oh I die you kill me you kill me And the Midwife as this Deponent believeth answered This one Pain Madam and 't will be over then presently Mrs. Dawson made this Deponent the Sign that the Child was born Then this Deponent heard the Queen say Don't tell me what it is yet and Mrs. Dawson came to this